Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Crochet Quick and Easy Heart Patterns



Two super quick free crochet heart shapes pattern.
These heart shapes are so fast and easy to make, you could make a hundred per day! 
First version is made with only one round crocheted into a magic loop, the second version uses the magic loop for the first
round, then the shaping of the heart is made on the
second round.
Yarn ply will determine the size of your heart, go small with thin yarn or large with thick yarn.
Materials:
Scissors
Hook, to suit yarn
Yarn, scraps
Sewing needle

Use a hook size suitable to your yarn ply

Stitches used: US terms used
Magic loop
Chain
Hdc = half double crochet
Dc = double crochet


Speedy Heart Shape
All st's worked into the magic loop
Make a magic loop, chain 3, 2 dc, 4 hdc, 1 dc, 4 hdc, 2
dc, ch 3, tighten up loop (not extremely tight) sl st into
magic loop, leaving a long strand cut yarn and pull it
through the sl st. Shape heart with fingers, Take your
long strand and poke it through the magic ring and
bring it back up to where you pulled it through the sl st.
Sew onto your project.



Super Quick Heart Shape
Round 1. Make a magic loop, chain 1, work 9 hdc into
magic loop, tighten loop, sl st into first hdc to join.
Round 2. Ch 3, work 2 dc into same space as sl st, work
1 hdc into each of the next 3 hdc, work (1 hdc, 1 dc, 1
hdc) into next hdc, work 1 hdc into each of the next 3
hdc, work 2 dc into the next hdc, ch 3 and sl st into
same space as the 2 dc, leaving a long strand cut yarn
and pull it through the sl st. Shape heart with fingers,
Take your long strand and poke it through the magic
ring and bring it back up to where you pulled it
through the sl st, (twice and pull firm).
Sew onto your project.

Tip, sew in and secure beginning tail

Thursday, October 27, 2016

What A Beautiful Crocheted Shawl!





Here is the image I found
on pinterest.
 The link sent me to a video on YouTube, which is here.
I believe the video to be in Russian, but you can turn on subtitles as pictured here, the circled cog.
But quite honestly the translation does not make much sense.
The next best thing we can do is to slow down the video and crochet along with it.
Once again go to the settings cog
select speed as in the picture below
Then select the speed to watch in
select 0.5 or 0.25 to slow the video down, you can play around with these 2 speeds to obtain your comfort, crochet along with speed.
Alternatively you can also speed up the video.

You can watch the video here to make the alterations.


You may have some favorite crochet video tutorials that are too fast, now you can apply the same method to them.
Happy crocheting!





Sunday, October 23, 2016

Great for Gifts! Crochet A Chevron Kitchen Towel



Just came across this great free crochet pattern!
What a great idea for a Christmas gift or any occasion gift.
Or would you keep it to your self?
Here is a picture and the link to the free crochet pattern, enjoy! 
Image and pattern are from Crochet Dreamz,
thanks for sharing such a lovely pattern!

Thursday, October 20, 2016

Child's Friendship Knot Sweater, Free Crochet Pattern




Child's Friendship Knot Sweater

This is a free crochet pattern, so very cute!

You will find it on Redheart, link here.
It also links to a pdf file that  you can download. 
So very cute